John Smithwick Ministries International

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
710808351
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Catoosa, OK, USA
Phone
9182665764
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Adult, Child Matching Programs
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,254,603
Expenses
$2,053,751
Assets
$2,225,429
Liabilities
$417,782

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN SMITHWICK (PRESIDENT)
  • MARTINE SMITHWICK (VICE-PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOHN SMITHWICK (PRESIDENT): $163,449 total reported compensation
  • MARTINE SMITHWICK (VICE-PRESIDENT): $55,115 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote the gospel of jesus christ in other nations as well as training teams for evangelism through trips, crusades and internship program at the stateside office.

What it reported doing in 2024

Internship program / school of missionscore (internship program) is a 1 to 3-year program created to equip those who have a heart to reach the world. This program is designed to train people with a biblical foundation as well as the different aspects of how to do missions / ministry. There are a few classroom training classes but most of the training is done through hands on ministry work. The goal is to have each participant become the leader they are designed to be and be self-sustained to do missions or other ministry work. The core program is 9 months long and 3 mornings a week, tuesday through thursday. The internship is offered to school of missions graduates for them to continue to pursue full-time missions. September 2024 began our third year of our one-year missions' school. We welcomed 5 new students to another year of gv school of missions. This school provides in-depth biblical studies as well as practical teaching designed to help them be successful in short and long-term missions. Students learn how to be an effective soul-winner, learn the behind the scenes work of missions and ministry, and take part in mass evangelism projects around the world. The school classes are tuesday through thursday from 8:30 to 12:30. In may of 2024, 7 students completed the school of missions with global ventures and graduated. Starting in september 2024, there was a total of 5 interns in training (2024 graduates of the school of missions). All graduates and interns participate in gv mission trips with extra responsibilities and roles which is a vital part of their training.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has grown recently. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 47
  • Accountability: 50
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.2%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 87.9%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $126.17 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 77.8%; rating input score 78; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.9%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.08; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.6%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.2% of revenue deployed · 87.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 9 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $163K · 9 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.